Crispy Eggplant
Here’s an interesting way to flavor up your eggplant – Mix together 1/2 cup corn meal or bread crumbs, 1/2 cup almond meal, 1/2 cup crushed potato chips. There’s a bonus recipe for pickled peppers in this post, too!
Ingredient: Corn Meal
Cornmeal–
- Description-
Cornmeal is a coarse flour made from dried corn. It can be ground to different consistencies such as fine, medium, and coarse. Each type has different uses in the kitchen.
- Preparation-
Cornmeal has many uses but is popular used in baked goods and frying, as well as famously, polenta.
- Varieties-
Blue cornmeal, yellow cornmeal, white cornmeal
- Storage-
Store cornmeal in a cool, dry area. Once the package is open you need to store the cornmeal in an airtight container or ziplock bag to prevent insects, they love cornmeal. To make your cornmeal last longer keep it in the refrigerator or freezer.
- Nutrition-
Iron, Phosphorus, folic acid, thiamine, riboflavin
Cornmeal Mush can be made for breakfast, similar to cream of wheat. It can also be made mashed potato style, adding a little salt and butter.
Polenta is a popular Italian side dish that is also a perfect accompaniment for sopping up delicious barbecue flavors off of a plate. See below for a link to a basic polenta recipe.
Recipes Using Corn Meal
Skillet Cornbread
Fellow Springdellian Dawn Demeo shared this tantalizing photo (below) of the fate of her corn in this Fresh Cornbread recipe from Cooks Illustrated! Check out more of her works at dawndemeophotography.com. Thanks for sharing, Dawn!
Summer Squash Fritters
The ole’ fritter is a great standby for many lingering veggies. I used cornmeal here, but flour also works. Parmesan cheese is a nice accompaniment, but feel free to make this your own, it’s totally a flexible treat.
